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They make better aeroplanes than the French....So I assume the engineering is good....Looks space age for its day....Not bad....Good size....

 

An early meaning of turbo lag!


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In a similar vein.

https://www.team-bhp.com/tech-stuff/idling-rule-turbo-charged-cars

 

They're a great piece of kit,huge turbo lag.
Saab cars are no longer so parts will be a problem at some stage.
Some horrendous labour is involved with some parts replacement.
I had the earliest version,99 Turbo...loved it until it started breaking down and the earliest 9 series didn't have P/steer and were as heavy as a Mack Thermodyne!
Total rocketship in the day and frightened the puck out of anything including 308's with the engine in the back......not the GM type with the engine in the front.

This thing has an humongous pricetag so it'd want to be the very best.

There is this one for half the price but also with truckloads spent and it's in your backyard.

http://classifieds.nswsaab.club/view.php?adcode=201788

 

You’ve had a lot of cars Klunk.

 

Time for a good one?


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TLDR


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Yep and some of them went klunk.

 

5 of ATM.Thanx.

 

Some you've come to Roo.

 

My old mans had a Saab 9000 for decades, he won’t part with it,
Just keeps fixing it


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Working in the rain mate ??

 

Yeah,the Datto and the 330 on the way down to the Lowe.

 

And torque steer
And scuttle shake

 

Day off today John thank fook but Tomorrow at Vineyard we might get wet


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YEP!

 

?? Not out of the 99.

 

Agreed, but the gold star for turbo lag was the Audi 200 5T from about 1980. Luckily, I'm sure they're all gone, after head on accidents whenever the hapless owners pulled out to overtake, put their foot down and nothing happened for 10 seconds. Then the moment they gave up and pulled back in, the turbo would finally arrive and lunge the car forward.

 

My wife's 9-3 Aero convertible - like sitting between two railway carriages

 

take an Opel Vectra hatchback, lop the roof off and stick Saab badges on - Voila! you have a Saab convertible and can charge twice as much for it

 

True, but I still maintain the old Aussie added Turbo 2.6 Sigma was the king of turbo lag. It did nothing until 3500 revs, then BANG, your eyeballs were pushed to the back of your skull. I loved it.


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All the factory Mitsubishi Sigma Turbos were 2 litres.

Later, there were quite a few aftermarket 2.6 litre Turbo Scorpions and some Sigmas built by specialists that were very quick for the day.

 

My mistake mate. I just remember driving it.


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I always thought they were a pretty good looking thing back in the day.

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